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Living Room

"I don't understand stuffy living rooms that get used once a year," says George. His retained most of its original elements: a windowed wall, a bluestone fireplace surround, and wood paneling—now redwood reclaimed from old olivecuring
tanks. The new plasma
TV can be hidden
behind a redwood panel
that disappears
into the floor.